“Sympathizer” or “Sympathiser”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 7 prefer “sympathizer” and 1 prefer “sympathiser”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	sympathizer	sympathiser	Preference
United States	96	4	“sympathizer”
United Kingdom	31	69	“sympathiser”
India	63	37	“sympathizer”
Philippines	100	0	“sympathizer”
Canada	80	20	“sympathizer”
Australia	51	49	“sympathizer”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	62	38	“sympathizer”
New Zealand	52	48	“sympathizer”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“sympathizer”

…Jackson was a strong Southern sympathizer, as were many of the…
…was detained as a Jacobin sympathizer and held in Fort Carré…
…him of being an enemy sympathizer (because Berhanu's wife was of…
…D.C., by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth.
…agent, feigning to be a sympathizer.
The Judge is a Nazi sympathizer, and he has a hatred…
…political left, first as a sympathizer with the Communist Party USA,…
…latter of being a communist sympathizer.
…French Huguenots and a Tory sympathizer; he said that he was…
…editor Nils Hertzberg was a sympathizer of the Fatherland League, but…

“sympathiser”

…by the anti-Bourbon and Bonapartist sympathiser Pierre Louvel, a saddler.
…Wealthy Catalan merchant and revolutionary sympathiser in Peru with whom Maturin…
Deutscher's name (with the remark "Sympathiser only") subsequently appeared on Orwell's…
There a clan-leader and sympathiser to their cause, Murdoc, grants…
…Earl of Northumberland, a prominent sympathiser of the old religion, that…
…is listed as a Communist sympathiser", while The Guardian (30 January…
…by ASIO as a communist sympathiser.
…documentary film about British Nazi sympathiser Unity Mitford and her relationship…
…a government headed by Nazi sympathiser Vidkun Quisling.
As a Yorkist sympathiser, he fought for the Earl…

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